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"IS HARTFORD REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT CRIME?"

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Blogger Brendan said...

Not one usually to comment here, but this post is disingenuous.

If the council reduces $3MM from the proposed allocation to the police department, it's not cutting anything from the police department's budget. The Mayor's recommended budget for the HPD reflects a 9.4% ($3.459MM) increase of FY 12-13. If the council only approves a $500M increase, that's not a cut, that's a smaller increase. That's still a significant departure from the previous year's budget wherein the council actually did approve an approximately $900M cut to HPD's budget compared to the FY 11-12 budget actuals. I'm not here making policy arguments about what these respective budget imply, but you have a widely read blog and it's not helpful to civic dialog to use misleading language about cuts.

The proposed budget includes actual cuts to departments such as fire ($1.06MM or 3.3%) and public works ($359M or 2.7%).

May 20, 2013 at 1:02 PM

Anonymous Jeff said...

How about the Millions of dolars spent each year by the city on group homes for people with drug and booze problems. What about the millions spent by the city for rent and oil for families. How about the tax payer dollars spent on education whereby the child doesn't even attend school. In order for this city to save money they will need to cut the funding to group homes, rent and oil. Sorry folks stop living off the GOVT and go out and make an honest buck

May 20, 2013 at 3:27 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

To Jeff
For your info, group homes, drug and alcohol program, oil/heating program are funded by the State of CT, from Federal funds; not from the City of Hartford funds.

May 20, 2013 at 8:17 PM

Blogger Brendan said...

Thanks for censoring my comment, Kevin.

May 20, 2013 at 8:33 PM

Anonymous Unhappy Taxpayer said...

The Police Department shouldn't be touch at all. When Pedro first became Mayor he increased the amount of police patrol; now he wants to turn around and make cuts. It doesn't make any senses, the Mayor should start with his caviar eating best friends first. He created a problem by over spending on big pay checks for his buddies; P-cards, expensive dining, and heavens knows what else that hasn't come to light yet. Is he not thinking right, as he himself is the first one to use the police as his own personal body guards.

May 20, 2013 at 8:41 PM

Anonymous jeff said...

I tried Caviar last night and it was awful. How can the Mayor like this.

May 21, 2013 at 12:58 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"public Safety" should not be a sacred cow that gets whatever money they ask for. All too often politicians cut all the other functions but generally give essentially a free pass to public safety.

Police, like any other department, has its share of discretionary spending that is nice, but not necessary.

Its about time the public stopped being the victim of scare tactics and demand accountability with police spending just like any other deparment.

May 21, 2013 at 1:17 PM

Anonymous David MacDonald said...

Brendan is correct. The proposed Council cut of $2 million from Police is to cut waste and redundancy. They spend $1.5 million alone on duplicative functions of fiscal management and Human Resources. We have departments that can do that. The remaining .5 million can come out of Overtime, another area of abuse of tax payer dollars. This $2 million cut would still give the department an increase over this years budget. No other department received an increase. Council is very serious about fighting crime and made sure our cuts WOULD NOT impact public safety. So don't believe all the whining and talk of Armageddon. Demand the HPD properly manage their resources just like everyone else as to.

May 23, 2013 at 1:49 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, isnt it tragically funny that in the middle of February the city of htfd was bragging about a near record time of having no homicides in the city since the first of the year,only to (days later)on Feb 27 receive their 1st and obviously not last of the year. Way to jinx it people,its like firefighters saying "we havnt had a fire in while"! Kevin, you were asked by Cynthia Jennings what it was gonna take to stop this violence and you answered a properly funded police dept. Listen, i respect hpd but all the $ in the world cant stop the bleeding. I have posted a couple of times the REAL problem but you fail to respond to my hard fact. Its simply this...IT IS THE SAME COMMUNITY ASKING "WHY" OR FOR "HELP" THAT ENABLES THESE CRIMINALS TO LIVE AND THRIVE AMONGST THEM ! Until they get some backbone it will never change. Next time you run into Ms. Jennings advise her to ask the people who live in her community "WHY" they provide shelter to these thugs. Kevin, i would bet you dont have a hopeless relative with a criminal backround or lifestyle living with you! I'm gonna recommend an old advisement to the ENTIRE city "GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER" Kevin , please respond I'm curious to see if you agree on any level.

May 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

as long as my paycheck is the same everyweek, I could care less how this place budgets their money.

May 23, 2013 at 8:45 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

can you give us an update on the computers retrieved from the BOE and Diggs. You promised you would stay on top of this. WHat happen?

May 30, 2013 at 1:27 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

As long as our politicians keep spending money like its free, these crime problems will continue... Two things in the news this week are $150,000.00 for the skate park downtown, and 4,000,00.00 to keep flower street open to pedestrians and bicycles, while another useless project, (the busway)is completed... When will we stop this wasteful spending?

May 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess too much "CAVIAR" can drive people to non sense. Seems that we need big changes in City Hall. They should fired SKB for violating the rules and for milking the City. Instead the have the guts to make cuts to the Police Department. City administrators don"t sound too serious about crime when they are also violating the laws. Not surprise!

June 10, 2013 at 1:23 AM

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